Weaving Nature: Basketry From Plants to People by @marknesbitt.bsky.social and Ruth Stungo takes a tour through @rbgkew.bsky.social's collections to explore one of humankind’s oldest art forms from botany through human stories of empire & trade. Read more here: buff.ly/gMdMXTw #NatureWriting 💙📚

Labour's infatuation with so-called #AI - hugely expensive and damaging www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Possibility of Tenderness by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social is a Jamaican memoir of plants & dreams, a stunningly written book combining the author's personal story of migration and natural history in an immersive tale of land, environment, and the world of plants. Buy here: buff.ly/hBOJv5m 💙📚

The Forest Guide: England, by @gabrielhemery.com is an indispensable guide to 380 of the most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands in England, beautifully illustrated with 100s of photos. A perfect book for UK tree lovers! 🌳❤️ buff.ly/eBJ4s84 #NatureWriting 💙📚

From one of Scotland’s most beloved poets and storytellers, Kenneth Steven, In Search of Gems: Finding Treasures in Wild Places explores mountains, glens and shores in search of gemstones and crystals through lyrical prose and sharp poetic observation! Buy here: buff.ly/DnEKVLY 💙📚 #Naturewriting

In Return to My Trees, @mateoy.bsky.social walks 300 miles through the ancient and modern forests of Wales, weaving together history and folklore, druids and wildlife, with tales of industrial progress and decay. Now out in paperback: buff.ly/HyAY3tN #booksky

Out today, @carolinemills99.bsky.social's This Is Not My Land: an enchanting account of 30 years on a small Cotswolds farm, from falling for the landscape, managing a designated wildlife site, to building an eco-house & much more! Get your copy here: buff.ly/r4rqvWb #NatureWriting 💙📚

Out today in paperback, Your Life Is Manufactured by @timminshall.bsky.social explores the often overlooked seismic impact manufacturing has had on our lives and the natural world - and how it could offer us a path to a truly sustainable, more equitable future. Buy here: buff.ly/Vf8xu49 #Booksky

Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing #climate by @susannahfisher.bsky.social explores the hard choices that lie ahead: from global food supplies, coastal risks, mass migration and how justice can be kept in mind. A vital read for the future. Get it here: buff.ly/lOZE7eY 📚💙

A beautiful new book on orchids from @rbgkew.bsky.social by Lauren Gardiner Phillip Cribb has just come out, featuring 40 orchids and exploring the many intriguing stories of this beguiling plant, packed with over 250 stunning illustrations & documents from the archives. buff.ly/B57JmUU #Booksky

When Worlds Quake: The Quest to Understand the Interior of Earth and Beyond by Hrvoje Tkalčić is out soon from @princetonupress.bsky.social: revealing how quakes can help scientists to understand the mysterious inner life of our planet, as well as worlds beyond our own. #Booksky buff.ly/e3W37Cf

@hjm.bsky.social: ‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’ The H is for Hawk author walks the frosty Cambridgeshire fields where Mabel the goshawk became a spiritual guide with @timadamswrites.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4pDx0wR

One week to go... publication day of 'This Is Not My Land: 30 years on a Small Cotswolds Farm' is 15th January, with a launch party 6pm at Jaffé & Neale Bookshop, Chipping Norton. What's the book about? You can find out here: www.bradtguides.com/product/this... #cotswolds #naturefriendlyfarming

This is the post to read if you want to understand why autonomous cars are not the answer to transport in London.

"The wild is never finished. It insists on returning, on reweaving, on remaking what has been broken. And it was the wild that first taught me I could do the same. I didn’t come to plants as a scholar or a healer. I came as someone who had forgotten how to belong to herself" - Brigit Anna McNeill 💙📚

It seems recently like every week there's a day we want to mention our suggested reading list on #protests and #resistance... uk.bookshop.org/lists/right-...

Happy New Year @Booksky! Did we miss anything? ...

🎁 GIVE THE GIFT OF HOPE 🎁 Make a one-off donation today, and on Christmas Eve we’ll send your loved one a personalised eCard from everyone at Good Law Project. https://bit.ly/4pRkElA

Merry Christmas from the Little Green Bookshop! We'll be offline for a few days having a nice rest, but you'll still be able to spend your lovely new National Book Tokens on the site throughout the holidays 😊 : buff.ly/BNApwPQ Hope you all have a fabulous time and we'll see you all soon! 💙📚

Angela Harding's latest seasonal volume of prints and observations is of course Winter. A real treat for art lovers, her style evokes the British countryside and wildlife so beautifully, and this compact book would make a wonderful little gift for anyone. Available here: buff.ly/rJwABTF #Nature

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Kingdom is the stunning photo-filled volume to go with the BBC's documentary following four animal families vying for power and survival in Zambia’s spectacular Luangwa Valley: leopards, wild dogs, lions and hyenas. Get your copy here: buff.ly/ORcLVhp #NaturePhotography

Get ready for the next year of astronomical observations with the Philip's Stargazing 2026 month-by-month guide, whether you're a seasoned astronomer, have just received your first telescope, or are setting out for the night with just your own eyes & a hot chocolate! Get it here: buff.ly/f1UnXBG

Today is International Migrants Day. The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think. Watch and share if you agree 🔁

I'm not sure I've ever yearned more for the internet to explode than after reading the insane responses to this on Instagram and Facebook from what appears to be a whole new breed of human who no longer cares about art, love, truth or having any form of inner life.

How did trees evolve in so many extraordinary ways, and completely reshape the planet too? "using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning ... less useful mammals), & splitting rock to create fertile ground in barren landscapes" 👀⤵️ buff.ly/PYNSvSs

Much loved presenter Hamza Yassin's joy & love for nature shines through in Homeward Bound, his personal story of how a dyslexic child found purpose and a home in the great outdoors, and shows how you can too. Just delightful all the way through! Find out more & buy here: buff.ly/0vPdCD1

You do need this book in your life 👇

Winter is a delightful love letter to winters past from @valmcdermid.bsky.social: " the bitter clarity of a crisp cold day, the vivid skies over the Firth of Forth, the crunch of frost on fallen leaves..." It's a gorgeous read that'll envelop you in the joy of the season! buff.ly/vyImdON #Booksky

Organise your year ahead and enjoy a little brush with nature each day, with the RHS's 2026 Wild in the Garden diary. With beautiful photos, and plenty of tips, this is a great option for the nature or garden lover. buff.ly/rbTB7vy

Penguin Classics have worked their magic on My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell this year, adding the classic tale of idyllic childhood, and sharing life with a menagerie of creatures in sunny Corfu, to its beautiful clothbound collection! Order here: buff.ly/xpHY70Z 💙📚 #NatureWriting

Paul Lamb's elegant and account of his life as a traditional West Country hedgelayer, Of Thorn & Briar, is a gentle, soul-feeding read. A life embedded in nature and the seasons, restoring and nurturing, and working with the land. Get yours in hardback here: buff.ly/RjD9lph #NatureWriting #Booksky

Interrupted Journeys is an unconventional memoir about one man who falls in with the badger crowd after manning the local badger hotline, and the unexpected wildlife adventures and encounters around Yorkshire it takes him on. You'll learn a lot! 💙📚 eBook & hardback available here:

David Attenborough's Ocean takes us through one hundred years and eight unique ocean habitats, inspiring wonder at both the resilient magnitude, and the delicate frailty of Earth's marine ecosystems as only Attenborough can 💙📚 Get yours as hardback or eBook here: buff.ly/YCzXkdv #NatureWriting

Good morning Bluesky! Here are three armchair actions for a wintery Sunday. It's easy to feel helpless in the face of everything happening in the world, but taking small steps is the way to start. A hundred people talking a small step is the beginning of a movement! #SundayActions

Middleland by @rory-stewart.bsky.social is one MP's experience of the very rural constituency Penrith & the Border. He writes beautifully on his encounters with people, politics, environmental and farming struggles, with a romanticism & deep respect for the land: buff.ly/Ux1rgTD #NatureWriting 💙📚

One book we've all loved this year was Raising Hare by @chloedalton.bsky.social 📚💙 A beautiful and moving account of one woman's encounter with an abandoned baby hare, so enchantingly written its bound to be a #NatureWriting classic for years to come. Read more here:

Is A River Alive? was the question posed in @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's latest book, which we promise you will spark your imagination and make you reconsider the fate of our worldwide waterways. He's such a great writer, you'll easily get absorbed by this one! Take a look: buff.ly/hOH2yV7 💙📚

Tristan Gooley spoilt us all this year with his beautiful new book, The Hidden Seasons. It'd make a fantastic gift, as it brings the natural world to life and shines a light on really fascinating things to notice throughout the year 💙📚 Get yours here: uk.bookshop.org/a/2456/97813... #NatureWriting

Happy 1st December! Christmas is really starting to feel like it's just around the corner. If you need some inspiration, have a look at our online bookshelf of #StockingFiller books, perfect, quirky, informative, beautiful, entertaining little books: buff.ly/66L8JIj #NatureWriting #GreenGiftts 💙📚

Bestselling science author Simon Winchester has a new book out this month: The Breath of the Gods is a fascinating dive into the movement of air, what it means for our weather, culture, and how climate change is driving dramatic changes... Read more here: buff.ly/Lm56jps #NatureWriting #Science

“The more people who understand these ideas and bring them to their daily work, the more value that we can bring to the world around us.” Melissa talks to the New York Times about advocating for equitable, inclusive and sustainable mobility—and writing about other women who do, too: nyti.ms/3XhNIWX

🦇 An Adopt a Bat subscription is a lovely Christmas gift and you will be making a real difference to bats in the wild. Subscribe by 9am, 8 Dec to make sure it arrives on time: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

The Illuminated Book of Birds by Robin Crofut-Brittingham is a beautifully produced volume on birds from around the world, absolutely brimming with stunning painted illustrations by the author. It's one you'll want to leave on a coffee table for guests to marvel at 🐦🦚🦜💚 Take a look: buff.ly/b9XEbDz

Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...

It's Black Friday across the retail world, so use your power for good and real support independent bookshops, who I guarantee you will feel a little glow with every order placed! 📚💙 Visit Bookshop.org to start ticking off your Christmas wishlists!

Just published, The Life Trilogy Boxset contains stunning special editions of three of David Attenborough's most important books: Life on Earth, Living Planet, and The Trials of Life. It's a beautifully produced item that would make an amazing gift! buff.ly/iQiWZXj #NatureWriting

It's officially gift buying season! We've updated our top picks for beautiful little nature #books, ideal as stocking fillers or an extra delight for hard-to-buy-for friends. Check out our full list here & solve your gifting woes early this year: uk.bookshop.org/lists/stocki... #NatureWriting 📚💙

All is calm… all is bright… until you see the #HiddenBooksGame. 🌟 "This game destroys me every year" "The day is ruined." "Thanks, I hate books now." Play now: buff.ly/BExQ02V

It's officially gift buying season! We've updated our top picks for beautiful little nature #books, ideal as stocking fillers or an extra delight for hard-to-buy-for friends. Check out our full list here & solve your gifting woes early this year: uk.bookshop.org/lists/stocki... #NatureWriting 📚💙